Demarini Vendetta Bat

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

1) There are no protests in IL (IHSA) baseball.

2) A state is allowed to change this type of rule.

3) Even if protests were allowed, one on this issue would be denied.

Come on, Bob, you and I both know that this is a BS issue! I think those bats are ridiculous but they are not illegal by any of the 3 codes.

I understand that the State may address certain issues; hell - here in CT, the State does not allow the mercy rule in FED ball! You should see some of the blow-outs we have here!

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

here in CT, the State does not allow the mercy rule in FED ball! You should see some of the blow-outs we have here!

Interesting. Isn't Connecticut the same state that has an automatic suspension of a football coach if his team wins by a 50-point margin?

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by waltjp

Interesting. Isn't Connecticut the same state that has an automatic suspension of a football coach if his team wins by a 50-point margin?

Dunno - don't do football!
Ozzy just pawn in game of life!

[AllanA]

This is what I received from TASO.


Dear Allan
TASO Baseball members that attended the 2009 State Meeting in Houston were told about two illegal bats that were on the market.

As of today, January 29, 2009, if a bat meets the length, diameter, weight to length ratio criteria, and is BESR certified, it is LEGAL for high school play.

Jay Evans, Rules Interpreter TASO Baseball

[UmpJM]

Well, this should be fun this season. From the IHSA (Illinois) website:

1/23 Illegal BAts

Boys Baseball

Coaches,

It is very important that you notify your baseball players that two bats have the BESR certification but are illegal by rule since they are not round on the handle. The Vendeta bat has a square spot in the handle and the Vector has holes in the handle that created a flat spot and both bats have been identified by the NFHS as Illegal bats.

JM

[Daryl H. Long]

In Ohio we are lucky to have Kyle McNeely (chair of NF Baseball Rles Committee) to go to for answers. I talked with him last week at our state rules interpreters meeting.

Mattingly bat: Legal

Reebok Vector O: Illegal. Only because Reebok failed to present the bat to BESR certification committee. Reebok was notified on Thursday January 22 by NF rules committee the bat was illegal.

DeMarini Vendetta: Illegal. The handle is not smooth, nor cylindical. It has raised rails.

Additionally, those of you who have said the "smooth, cylider" part of bat definition only applies to the barrel are dead wrong.

[Blue37]

Originally Posted by Daryl H. Long

In Ohio we are lucky to have Kyle McNeely (chair of NF Baseball Rles Committee) to go to for answers. I talked with him last week at our state rules interpreters meeting.

Mattingly bat: Legal

Reebok Vector O: Illegal. Only because Reebok failed to present the bat to BESR certification committee. Reebok was notified on Thursday January 22 by NF rules committee the bat was illegal.

DeMarini Vendetta: Illegal. The handle is not smooth, nor cylindical. It has raised rails.

Additionally, those of you who have said the "smooth, cylider" part of bat definition only applies to the barrel are dead wrong.

Is the NFHS going to issue this to the states? I talked with my State Director yesterday and he said we were going to wait on something from NFHS. He is not going to declare them legal or illegal until/unless NFHS does.

[Delaware Blue]

Originally Posted by Daryl H. Long

In Ohio we are lucky to have Kyle McNeely (chair of NF Baseball Rles Committee) to go to for answers. I talked with him last week at our state rules interpreters meeting.

Mattingly bat: Legal

Reebok Vector O: Illegal. Only because Reebok failed to present the bat to BESR certification committee. Reebok was notified on Thursday January 22 by NF rules committee the bat was illegal.

DeMarini Vendetta: Illegal. The handle is not smooth, nor cylindical. It has raised rails.

I just saw a memo written on NFHS letterhead dated today (February 5) that was sent to Member State Association Executive Directors. It states that both the DeMarini Vendetta and the Reebok Vector "...have been found rule-compliant by the NFHS for use in high school baseball..."

[Kevin Finnerty]

The only reason for all of this horse$&it is to make sure that us officials don't ever run out of anything to argue about among ourselves.